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| General Directorate of State Police of Albania located in Tirana |
Police have seized 4 apartments in Tirana, 2 apartments in Saranda, 1 three-story business premises in Lapraka; 1 commercial unit, 1 gym, 7 garages and two business activities in Tirana; 4 BMW X5 vehicles and bank accounts in euros, dollars and Albanian lek and the current accounts in three second tier banks.
According to the blue uniforms, the two brothers were arrested in Belgium as members of a criminal group for the criminal offenses of "Women Trafficking for Prostitution" and "Narcotic Substances".
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Tirana
The police operation codenamed "The Investment" is finalized, for the identification, tracing and sequestration of assets obtained from criminal activity.
Preventive seizures are imposed on the assets of the two brothers, both with significant criminal records, assets worth of about 3,700,000 euros.
From the Section for Investigation of Money Laundering and Criminal Assets in the Local Police Directorate of Tirana, in the framework of the police operation "Investment", for the identification and finding of criminal assets derived from criminal activity, in cooperation with the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance Tirana, in the function of the criminal proceedings of 2019, after the evidence collected during a one-year investigation, was executed the decision to impose preventive sequestration on movable and immovable property in charge of citizens:
Sh. H. 43 years old and E. H., 42 years old, resident in Tirana (brothers).
Citizen Sh. H. has criminal records in the state of Belgium, where he committed a murder a few years ago. In 2009 the two brothers Sh. H. and E. H. and 4 other citizens were arrested by the Federal Judicial Police in Ghent, Belgium, as members of a criminal group, for the criminal offenses "Trafficking in women for prostitution" and "Narcotic Substances".
Citizen E.H. has criminal records in the state of Belgium, where he was involved in investigations by the Ghent / Belgium Prosecution in the file "GIRANA" in 2008, for the criminal offenses "Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of exploitation for prostitution" and "Participation in criminal organization ”. In this file, the citizen E. H. was the main suspect and was arrested in Belgium, on 02.02.2009. It also turns out that from 2002 to 2009, he was imprisoned in Belgium, for the criminal offense "Trafficking and exploitation of prostitution."
The Prosecution at the Court of First Instance in Tirana, based on the materials sent by the Section for Investigation of Money Laundering and Criminal Assets in the Local Police Directorate of Tirana made the registration of criminal proceedings in 2019, for the criminal offenses “Laundering the proceeds of crime or criminal activity ”.
After a well-organized work of the police structures in the Local Police Directorate of Tirana led and coordinated with the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance Tirana, as well as the plan-operation "Investment" it became possible to seize assets and bank accounts in the amount of 3,700,000 euros, namely:
4 apartments in Tirana, 2 apartments in Saranda, 1 three-story business environment in Lapraka;
1 commercial unit, 1 gym, 7 garages and two business activities in Tirana;
4 BMW X5 vehicles and bank accounts in euros, usd and lek and the current situation in these accounts in three second tier banks;
In the function of the operational plan "Investment", in cooperation with the Prosecution at the Court of First Instance Tirana is being worked to identify/detect other assets (properties) deriving from the criminal activity of these citizens and their families, which may have them on behalf of other persons or accomplices in this criminal activity.